Today's issue of Immigration Daily is brimming with interesting items. In what is the biggest immigration news of the day, the Department of State announced that the DV lottery will be conducted solely through electronic means. This is part of the Department of Homeland Security's continuum of incorporating technology into its governance. Our featured article is an op-ed written by the President of the National Association of Immigration Judges. We also have a BALCA case, the text of the legalization/guest worker bills introduced by Rep. Kolbe, Rep. Flake, and Sen. McCain, two help wanted ads, and much more. Scroll down to find what's of interest to you.

Another Perspective on the Boston Immigration Court
Dana Marks Keener, President of the National Association of Immigration Judges writes about the recent newspaper account of an Immigration Judge in Boston who allegedly made insensitive "Tarzan" comments during an asylum hearing.

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DV Must Be Filed Electronically - DOS Interim Rule
The Department of State promulgated an interim rule that changed how aliens may petition for the opportunity to participate in the Diversity Visa Program from a standard mail-in system, to an entirely electronic system utilizing a specific designated website.

Text Of Legalization/Guest Worker Bills
The actual texts of the legalization/guest worker bills as introduced in both the House of Representatives HR 2899 and the Senate S 1461 to support a guest worker program, also known as the Land Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act of 2003 are now available (33 pps.).

BICE Arrests 5 Criminal Aliens
The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in announcing the arrest of 5 criminal aliens quoted Bruce Chadbourne, interim Field Office Director for Boston BICE Detention & Removal who said "removing fugitive criminal aliens is a high priority for us."

BALCA Says Employer's Must Make More Profits Than Salary Paid To Any EmployeeIn the Matter of Hollywood Star's Studio, No. 2003-INA-115 (BALCA, Aug. 12, 2003), the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals said that it would be counterintuitive for an Employer to earn $2,571 per year while his sole Employee earned $30,475 a year and denied a labor certification application on the grounds that the Employer failed to demonstrate its ability to pay the wages offered.

Diversity Visa Lottery Requires Online Registration
The Department of State announced that paper entries or mail-in requests for diversity visa registration will no longer be accepted and that beginning this year, all persons registering under the diversity lottery must do so online.

Immigration Reform: Its Time Has Come
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer op-ed writes "Ever since dramatic changes in immigration laws were pushed through Congress in 1965 by fervently pro-immigration forces, a certain set of suppositions has underlain popular thinking on both legal and illegal immigration."

100-Year-Old Woman Becomes US Citizen
The Austin American-Statesman reports that Mei-Fen Yeh became a US citizen, a day after she turned 100. "That made Yeh the oldest person in Nebraska or Iowa to ever take the oath of citizenship, said Jerry Heinauer, district director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services."

Newlyweds Face Immigration Setback
The Buffalo News of New York reports "Michael B. Berger, a Buffalo immigration attorney, said many people don't understand the tough restrictions governing a Canadian marrying an American and wanting to move to the US."

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